A well preserved fossil ant in Baltic amber of the enigmatic genus Gesomyrmex MAYR, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
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The genus Gesomyrmex has been described by Mayr from a fossil ant in a piece of Baltic amber (MAYR, 1868). Besides only a few other fossil species known of this genus, also 6 living species situated in the Oriental region have been described and 1 undescribed specimen is mentioned in the collection of the California Academy of Science. From the collection of the second author we investigated a fossil ant from Baltic amber and identified it as Gesomyrmex cf. hoernesi Mayr, 1868.
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